Improvement in flambeaux



G. W. ALDRISH. FLAMBEAUX.

No. 175,893. Patented Apri111,1a7e.

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GEORGE W. ALDRIOH, OF SYRAOUSE, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF HIS RIGHT V PATENT OEEIcEC, N

TO EMIL LAASS, OF GEDDES, NEW YORK.

IMPRovEMENT IN FLAMBEAux.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,893, dated April 11, 1876; application filed October 20, 1875.

" similar occasions. These flambeaux generally consist of a long tapering tin tube, which is filled with lycopodium. Near the top, which is the largest end of the tube, it is provided d with a perforated cover, and in the center of this with a wick-tube extending inward, the wick therein being saturated with burningf uid, furnishing the ame.

Heretofore the wick was secured in the tube by a pin passing through both the main or lycopodium tube and wick-tube, and when it became necessary to raise and trim the wick, the pin was withdrawn and used for prying up the wick. In the latter operation the pin became bent and so crooked that it was almost impossible to insert it through the four holes in the tubes and replace it. The burning'fluid was `carried in flasks or bottles about the person, and wascumbersome and liable to soil the clothes. In order to replenish the wick the dame had to be extinguished and the fluid poured onto the top of the wick. This operation was not only slow and inconvenient, but also dangerous, as.i'requently, through haste and excitement, sufcient tire was left about the wick to ignite the uid and burn the torchbearer. Y

The object of my invention is to overcome these inconveniences 4and obviate this danger by simple, cheap, and durable devices and it consists, rst, in the combination, with the wick-tube, of an extra loose bottom, ittin g the interior of the tube and attached to a stem or rod, which is provided with screw-threads, and passes through a nut attached to a rigid bottom of the wick-tube, and arranged to be turned by a wire engaging the said loose bottom and extending to the top ofthe flambeaux, where it is provided with a suitable handle; second, in the combination, with the ambeaux, ofa can or reservoir for oil or uid, attached in such a manner that the wick can be replenished without extinguishing the ame.

My invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a iambeau with my improvements attached; Fig. 2, a transverse section of same, and Fig. 3 a view of the apparatus for raising and lowering the wick detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the main or lycopodium tube constructed in the usual way, with an inlet at the bottom closed by a screw cap, and provided at the top with a perforated cover, d, through which the lycopodium is brought in contact with the flame by shaking or waving the flambeau. b is the reservoir for oil or iuid, which may be of any desired shape and size, and attached in any manner whereby communication can be obtained with the wick -tube. cis the pipe leading from the reservoir to the wick-tube c for the passage of oil or fluid in replenishing the wick by merely shaking or inclining the iiambeau. i is the inlet through which the reservoir is filled, andv may be closed by any suitable device or means, and placed where most convenient. m is the loose bottom in the wick-tube c; a the screw-threaded stem attached to the bottom m and extending downward through the nut o securedto the rigid bottom at the lower extremity of the wicktube. s is a wire bent at one end into the shape of a ring, fitting the interior of the wick-tube; the remaining portion extends up through a notch in the edge of the loose bottom m to the top of the wick tube, thence across the top to the outside, where it is bent in a suitable (urve to form a handle, and terminates with a short hook or turn, which engages a projecting rim on the interior of the ilambeau. The ring at 011e end steadies the wire in the wick-tube, and the hook at the opposite end engaging the rim on the outside, secures it to the flambeau, and at the same time allows it to revolve. lBy revolving the upper extremity of the wire around the top of the flambeau, the loose bottom m is turned with it, and this being attached to the screwments, WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the wick-tube of a ambeau, of the extra loose bottom m, attached to the screw-threaded stein n, and the nut o, attached tothe rigid bottom of the. Wicktube, constructed to operate as described, for the purpose specied.

2. In combination with the'loose bottom m, arranged to raise and lower by revolving the nasse wire s, bent at the lower extremity to fit the inner circumference of the Wicktube, and secured at the top of the flambeau by a hook engaging a projecting rim or shoulder on the exterior ofthe ambeau, constructed to operate as described, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with the ambeau herein described, of a reservoir for oil or fluid, Vattached to the outside of the lycopodium-tube and connected with the wick-tube, as described, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name and afxed my seal, in the presence of two attesting Witnesses,l at Syracuse, in the VYcounty of Onondaga and State of' New York,

this 17th day of September, 1875.

GEORGE W. ALDRICH. Witnesses:

C. HoLMsTRUP, Jr., E. LAAss. 

